Veronica Pejril
@veronicapejril.bsky.social
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This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud
House Dems unite to tell GOP to stop "demonizing" trans people with "dehumanizing" slurs - LGBTQ Nation
Rep. Nancy Mace's "tra**y, tra**y, tra**y!" tirade is just one example.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud
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The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Whenever you hear someone invoke the unitary executive, remember the image below.
This was an inevitable result of the unitary executive theory:
Empowering a president to tyrannically destroy institutions that ensured our government reflects the rule of law rather than his personal whim.
This was an inevitable result of the unitary executive theory:
Empowering a president to tyrannically destroy institutions that ensured our government reflects the rule of law rather than his personal whim.
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Whenever you hear someone invoke the unitary executive, remember the image below.
This was an inevitable result of the unitary executive theory:
Empowering a president to tyrannically destroy institutions that ensured our government reflects the rule of law rather than his personal whim.
This was an inevitable result of the unitary executive theory:
Empowering a president to tyrannically destroy institutions that ensured our government reflects the rule of law rather than his personal whim.
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
Political violence against transphobes makes transgender people less safe.
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Political violence against transphobes makes transgender people less safe.
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This image from HRC goes so hard
May 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This image from HRC goes so hard
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This Pride Month, we are shouting loud and clear: THESE COLORS DON’T RUN.
Our visibility has never mattered more, and neither has our strength. And as HRC’s @brandonwolf.bsky.social says, NO president can push us back into the closet.
(🎥: @msnbc.com)
Our visibility has never mattered more, and neither has our strength. And as HRC’s @brandonwolf.bsky.social says, NO president can push us back into the closet.
(🎥: @msnbc.com)
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This Pride Month, we are shouting loud and clear: THESE COLORS DON’T RUN.
Our visibility has never mattered more, and neither has our strength. And as HRC’s @brandonwolf.bsky.social says, NO president can push us back into the closet.
(🎥: @msnbc.com)
Our visibility has never mattered more, and neither has our strength. And as HRC’s @brandonwolf.bsky.social says, NO president can push us back into the closet.
(🎥: @msnbc.com)
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since Politico has started yet another round of "here's how Dems should compromise on trans issues", I'll re-up my November essay about why this is not only immoral & unempirical, but BAD POLITICS:
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/should-dem...
& Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/should-democ...
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/should-dem...
& Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/should-democ...
Should Democrats Throw Trans People Under the Bus?
Here’s Why It Would Be Bad Politics
juliaserano.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
since Politico has started yet another round of "here's how Dems should compromise on trans issues", I'll re-up my November essay about why this is not only immoral & unempirical, but BAD POLITICS:
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/should-dem...
& Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/should-democ...
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/should-dem...
& Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/should-democ...
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Lemme guess, does “critical fields” include every STEM discipline?
May 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Lemme guess, does “critical fields” include every STEM discipline?
It was an honor to deliver the keynote at Princeton's Lavender Graduation ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of queer and trans Tigers today.
I'll have more pics and words soon. Our hearts are full; our determination, steadfast.
I'll have more pics and words soon. Our hearts are full; our determination, steadfast.
May 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It was an honor to deliver the keynote at Princeton's Lavender Graduation ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of queer and trans Tigers today.
I'll have more pics and words soon. Our hearts are full; our determination, steadfast.
I'll have more pics and words soon. Our hearts are full; our determination, steadfast.
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No, the Democratic Party isn't losing because it's Too Woke:
April 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
No, the Democratic Party isn't losing because it's Too Woke:
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The same people in DC who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it.
Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate.
Because we don't have a minute to wait.
Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate.
Because we don't have a minute to wait.
April 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The same people in DC who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it.
Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate.
Because we don't have a minute to wait.
Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate.
Because we don't have a minute to wait.
Mr Rogers reminds us to look for the helpers.
President Eisgruber is one of those.
President Eisgruber is one of those.
In my latest, I review the evidence that cowardice is the norm in human affairs—an ugly truth Americans seldom have to face, but that we see today as seemingly powerful leaders bend the knee to Trump.
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
newrepublic.com/article/1931...
Political Courage Is Rare. But That’s What Makes It So Important.
We haven’t had much occasion to see our leaders put to the test. But the Trump administration is making strict demands that aren’t easy to meet.
newrepublic.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Mr Rogers reminds us to look for the helpers.
President Eisgruber is one of those.
President Eisgruber is one of those.
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"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
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If you won’t negotiate with Democrats or talk to them about the CR, you can’t complain when they won’t vote for it. It’s really that simple.
March 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If you won’t negotiate with Democrats or talk to them about the CR, you can’t complain when they won’t vote for it. It’s really that simple.
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This is not normal.
March 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is not normal.
Two new executive orders dropped from the Indiana Governor's office this afternoon:
25-36: "RESPECTING THE BIOLOGICAL DICHOTOMY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN AS FUNDAMENTAL & DEEPLY ROOTED LEGAL PRINCIPLE EMBEDDED IN INDIANA LAW" www.in.gov/gov/files/EO...
25-36: "RESPECTING THE BIOLOGICAL DICHOTOMY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN AS FUNDAMENTAL & DEEPLY ROOTED LEGAL PRINCIPLE EMBEDDED IN INDIANA LAW" www.in.gov/gov/files/EO...
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Two new executive orders dropped from the Indiana Governor's office this afternoon:
25-36: "RESPECTING THE BIOLOGICAL DICHOTOMY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN AS FUNDAMENTAL & DEEPLY ROOTED LEGAL PRINCIPLE EMBEDDED IN INDIANA LAW" www.in.gov/gov/files/EO...
25-36: "RESPECTING THE BIOLOGICAL DICHOTOMY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN AS FUNDAMENTAL & DEEPLY ROOTED LEGAL PRINCIPLE EMBEDDED IN INDIANA LAW" www.in.gov/gov/files/EO...
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Their capacity to just flat out lie is matched only by the capacity of dupes to accept it.
Tuberville: "We're getting to a point now where women and girls sports and getting ready to be extinct. Because already in states across this country, we have high school teams that are made up of totally boys participating against girls."
March 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Their capacity to just flat out lie is matched only by the capacity of dupes to accept it.
Still here, no matter what you say.
February 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Still here, no matter what you say.
The 110th Alumni Day at Princeton is in the books, including Queer Princeton Alumni's panel discussion: In the Work: Securing Equity for LGBTQ+ Youth and Students in Disruptive Times. We had invigorating conversation with leaders and advocates for young folks in and around New Jersey. Thank you!
February 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The 110th Alumni Day at Princeton is in the books, including Queer Princeton Alumni's panel discussion: In the Work: Securing Equity for LGBTQ+ Youth and Students in Disruptive Times. We had invigorating conversation with leaders and advocates for young folks in and around New Jersey. Thank you!
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1. After a federal judge ruled that websites containing LGBTQ+ information at the CDC must be restored, the Trump administration did so... but then also added snide and incorrect anti-trans headers to them.
The latest from new EITM writer S. Baum.
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The latest from new EITM writer S. Baum.
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Anti-Trans Headers Placed On Websites Judge Ordered Trump To Restore
The headers were placed on major websites at the CDC, FDA, and HHS.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
1. After a federal judge ruled that websites containing LGBTQ+ information at the CDC must be restored, the Trump administration did so... but then also added snide and incorrect anti-trans headers to them.
The latest from new EITM writer S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The latest from new EITM writer S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Leopards don't spare pretty and cis-passable faces.
February 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Leopards don't spare pretty and cis-passable faces.
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I'm here at a protest at Stonewall. A speaker let the huge crowd and press know that park service employees were not responsible for the erasure.
February 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm here at a protest at Stonewall. A speaker let the huge crowd and press know that park service employees were not responsible for the erasure.
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Oh my god.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
February 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Oh my god.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.
They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service.
"Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights"
WOW.